After spending the better part of the last four years bouncing from the Nationwide Tour to the PGA Tour, Woodland has put it together in a big way. He picked up his first career win in March at the Transitions Championship, but has started to play well in the big events. He finished in the top 25 at three of the four majors (with a tie for 30th at the British Open) and has six top-10 finishes on tour. But here are the two numbers that will propel the former Kansas star to his second win this year: Driving distance (he’s fifth on the Tour with a 310.3 yard average) and Greens in regulation (he’s ninth at 69.29 percent). Those are the two statistics where you need to excel and to win at Plainfield.

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WHO CAN WIN

Keegan Bradley (FedEx ranking: 5)
The New York/New Jersey golfing community might have found its new favorite son in the PGA champion. The former St. John’s star will return a burgeoning superstar with tons of on-course charisma and a game to back it up. He spent four years with the Red Storm stalking classic layouts like Plainfield, which means he should have little problem finding his way to the top of the leaderboard once again.

Rickie Fowler (FedEx ranking: 28)
Everyone keeps waiting for the heralded young American to do something more than wear bright pastel colors on the weekend. Well, since the U.S. Open in June he’s had two top-5 finishes (British Open and Bridgestone Invitational). But the one thing that is most promising this week? What he did for the three rounds at Aronimink Golf Club back in June. Despite a final round 74, Fowler shot 68-69-64 on arguably the toughest Donald Ross course in existence.

Steve Stricker (FedEx ranking: 2)
Mr. Consistency won the inaugural Barclays back at Westchester Country Club in 2007, and seems to love playing in this event — no matter where it goes. Since the win he’s tied for 19th (in 2008 at Ridgewood); tied for second (in 2009 at Liberty National); and tied for third (last year at Ridgewood). He loves the classic courses and has the absolute perfect tempo to go out and put up low numbers on this course.

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WHO CAN’T WIN

Phil Mickelson (FedEx ranking: 6)
Lefty will once again be the fan favorite here, especially with no Tiger Woods in the field for the first time since 2008. But will he give the masses anything to cheer about? Doubtful. In 17 events this year, he has one win (in April), five top-10s (last being the British Open) and a lot of head-scratching performances. With a course that will place a premium on drive placement and putting, we doubt Mickelson will do anything more than draw the biggest crowds this week.

Matt Kuchar (FedEx ranking: 12)
While Kuchar is the defending champion, he’s going to be doing it on a different course — he won at Ridgewood Country Club last year. And despite the top-10 machine (he has eight) having a successful year, he has yet to pick up a victory this season. In fact of the top 15 players in the FedEx Cup points standings, he’s one of four who have yet to notch a win this year.

Adam Scott (FedEx Ranking: 14)
He's catching fire these days after his win at the Bridgestone Invitational and being one of the long-putter mafia members. But Scott's bugaboo has always been the putting and on this course with these tricky Donald Ross greens, we can't see him holding it firm for a lot of the flag locations. Perhaps at the Tour Championship, but not at Plainfield.